LMS Volume 33 Issue 3 | Page 24

24  LMS  Issue 3 | 2014 Food & Beverage Ideal for the Food Laboratory T he 916 Ti-Touch is a new compact titrator for potentiometric titration. The instrument supports the following titration modes, namely dynamic equivalence point titration, monotone equivalence point titration, titration to one or two given endpoints and manual titration. W This compact titrator comes in the versions 916 Salt Ti-Touch, 916 Oil TiTouch and 916 Food Ti-Touch, which are all-inclusive packages containing the titrator plus the complete accessories for the respective applications. The 916 Ti-Touch features: • Direct access to printer/intranet and CO2 in Beverages Uncovered ith many commercially available carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) meters, the first step in dissolved CO2 analysis is snifting, which means briefly opening and closing the container. Snifting will release most of the air in the head space to the atmosphere. This amount of CO2 is lost for the subsequent measurement. The CO2 losses due to snifting can be quite considerable. The warmer the samples and the larger the headspace, the higher the CO2 losses. As CarboQC and CboxQC determine the amount of dissolved CO2 as well as the amount of other dissolved gases, snifting becomes obsolete. No more snifting means no loss of CO2. A combination of CarboQC or CboxQC with a PFD piercing and filling device allows direct sampling from a beverage container, be it a glass bottle, PET bottle or can. Sampling without CO2 loss is the backbone for more accurate CO2 results. When it comes to beverages, many commercially available CO 2 meters measure the sum of all dissolved gases and attribute the result to CO2 solely, thus obtaining erroneously high results. CarboQC and CboxQC with the patented multiple volume expansion method e l i­m i n a t e t h e inf luence of other dissolved gases and ident if ies t he CO 2 c ontent s e le ct i v e l y. T he r e fore, CarboQC and CboxQC measure the true CO2 content. ⚛ LIMS, without a PC • Straightforward automation. Up to 100 samples can be determined unattended (with 814/815 sample processor) • Plug-and-play. All system components are instantly recognised and ready for use • More efficiency due to two Metrohm Serial Bus (MSB) ports that allow the connection of a second titration stand and burette for the sequential titration of acidity and chloride •  ontact-free reagent exchange C due to the patented 800 Dosino technology •  ntelligent stirrer automatically I adapts rotational speed of stirrer D Metrohm SA Contact: Ravi Issari Tel: 011-656-2686 Email: [email protected] Bag-in-Box Packages irect transfer of wine from BagIn-Box packages is essential for adequate analysis of dissolved oxygen (O 2) and dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) in wine. Bag-In-Box (BIB) packages, are inexpensive, light and stackable, which makes them popular for transportation. The risk of an undesired cork taint is also entirely eliminated. Monitoring of the O2 and CO2 in beverages in BIB packages is a worthwhile procedure in quality analysis during filling and for retaining samples to verify the shelf-life. The following instruments can be used in dissolved gas analysis: • CboxQC for simultaneous CO2 and O2 analysis • CboxQC At-line for additional use during production • OxyQC for oxygen analysis in the lab or during production. The instrumental setup for filling wine, using the Anton Paar Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd Contact: Andre van Zyl Tel: 011-021-5165/6/7 Email: [email protected] as volume increases • Out-of-limit results are highlighted to the user immediately • Paperless analysis as it generates forge-proof PDF reports and save them on USB stick or in the intranet • Personalised touchscreen for fast method start. Up to 14 methods per user can each be linked to a favorite icon on the touchscreen and started with a single touch. ⚛ example of red wine, is composed of the BIB sample, a suitable spout connector, a filter, a CboxQC or CboxQC At-line or OxyQC, a peristaltic pump behrotest® PLP 1000 and a waste container. The BIB is placed in a slightly elevated position because of the dimension of the spout and spout connector. Dissolved gas analysis is important for quality control. Sampling directly from the BIB package is possible and the simultaneous determination of dissolved CO2 and O2 is possible. The analysis is also independent of the size and shape of the BIB package. ⚛